Jameela Jamil's suggestion is to give non-binary artists a category. Major award shows, such as the Oscars are looking at abandoning gendered binary categories.

Jameela Jamil asks, "Given the known disparity between men and women in award shows, wouldn't it be better to give the non-binary community their own category than to open the door to Hollywood to completely exclude women?"

The "She-Hulk Attorney at Law" star is not one to back down from a controversial position. She has spoken out against the idea of removing gender-specific categories in major award shows. In some cases, her fears have come true.

In a long post on her Instagram account, Jamil made the argument that, while non-gendered groups might be beneficial for non-binary people, they could be harmful to women.

In a sign that her concerns are becoming reality, this year's BRIT Awards replaced Best Male and best female artist with Artist of the Year, and only had male nominees. The goal of inclusivity was not achieved.

It's worth considering the Oscars, who are also among those shows that will be taking this into consideration. Women in major categories such as Best Director remain an anomaly.

She writes, "If we have enough non-binary to restructure whole award shows, which is GREAT," then we should add, rather than risk accidentally erasing "no?"

She claims that if gendered categories were to become reality, there would be a backlash among women because "we will have created only one winner out of tens of thousands actors in a world which favors men."

She argued, "I do not think that it will help women (or NB -- non-binary --ed. ) She argued that reducing the number of winners would not help women or NB (non-binary --ed.). "We need to EXPAND our options so that GNCs (gender-nonconforming --ed. ) and women have a fair shot in an industry that has struggled for a long time to treat others equally. People and women can have equal opportunities in an industry which has struggled for years to treat other people equally to men."

Jamil's caption compared genderless categories in acting with the idea that this is done in sports. She said that, if this were done, it was unlikely that anyone but a cis male would win.

She believes that the solution, at least for the moment, lies in "more visibility" and "more categories". "

In her last slide, Jamil admitted that she was "terrified of even writing something so benign as that given the climate of social political" but that she felt empowered by the support that she had received when she posted it first in her Instagram Story.

She added to the caption of her post on her main page that "thousands" of people had encouraged her to share this. She added that "they are in agreement with this but feel too ashamed to express it publicly," something she called "ridiculous."

This is a blog about inclusion and not exclusion. It's all about creating more space. It's about adding more seats at the table. We must be able ask these questions and discuss them with compassion, love and honest logic."

She concluded the slideshow by saying, "To build the future we want, we must work incrementally to improve the present." If we ignore the current systems and leapfrog forward with utopian ideas, we will destroy everything we have worked towards.

In the post-script of her caption, she also dismissed the idea – as many have been advocating in recent decades – to do away with award ceremonies altogether. She says that she hopes to find solutions "beyond the destruction" to this problem.

Her statement came at a time when some non-binary actors are forced to choose between Actor or Actress categories while others opt to not be considered because they feel that there is no space for them.

Alex Newell, and J. Harrison Ghee were the first non-binary actors to win the Tony Awards. Both had to be nominated in the Actor categories to achieve this landmark. Justin David Suliivan, however, withdrawn their nominations for the binary categories. He told Deadline that the current structure "does not hold space" for people like him.

There is clearly a need to have a discussion about this lack of inclusion in the current structure. Jamil wants to ensure that a mistaken overcorrection in order to accommodate nonbinary performers does not cause a different problem.

Below you can read her full statement and caption.

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Title: Jameela Jamil Suggests Non-Binary Categories, Rather Than Non-Gendered, at Award Shows
Sourced From: www.toofab.com/2023/06/18/jameela-jamil-non-binary-categories-rather-than-non-gendered-award-shows/
Published Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 18:04:43 +0000

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